Release notes, guides and explainers on immersive audio from Orbit Spatial.https://orbitspatial.io/en-gbhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/aro-first-look/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/aro-first-look/A first look at Aro, our Ambisonic decoder for macOS: first to seventh order to any layout up to 9.1.6 or to Orbit Binaural on headphones, Mid-Side and A-format conversion, and four ways to see where the sound is coming from. Coming soon.Mon, 19 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncementhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/learn-spatial-audio-ambisonics/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/learn-spatial-audio-ambisonics/A new free education section on orbitspatial.io. The first guide is an interactive Beginner's Guide to Ambisonics: spin the pickup patterns, drag a sound around a listener and hear it decoded to headphones, then see how four ordinary studio mics record a first-order scene.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncementhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-1-3/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-1-3/Orbit Lite 1.3 lines your stereo master up against the immersive mix so you can A/B them mid-playback. Plus a new header and footer, 7.1.4 and spatial waveform views, built-in routing and speaker testing, and metering that follows your own speaker layouts. A free update on macOS; iPhone and iPad later in October.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-7/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-7/A release for speaker rooms: change layout without leaving the main window, calibrate your speakers once and keep that calibration on every layout, save it as a Room, and test your wiring from Preferences. Time alignment now actually aligns, speaker calibration is no longer Pro-only, and you can keep a library of your own HRTF profiles. Plus a first look at the Analyser page coming in 1.6.0.Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/senda-link-1-0/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/senda-link-1-0/Route audio between apps on macOS with five virtual devices — 2, 8, 16, 32 and 128 channels — at up to 192 kHz, 32-bit float. Free, open source under Apache 2.0, no account and no telemetry. Apple Silicon, macOS 13+.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncementhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-6/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-6/A look-and-feel release. The Overview page and footer lose their panel boxes and fill the window, Activity gains a numbered grid alongside the honeycomb, the 3D scene can take the full row and zoom on the sweet spot, and the level at which an object counts as active is now yours to set — down from roughly −30 dBFS to −62 by default. Plus a rebuilt object list with SILENT tags, a new Diagnostics panel, and the looping fix in build 4.Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/esfera-public-beta-first-look/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/esfera-public-beta-first-look/Multichannel spatial output with no plugin and no special build, plus video with IAMF, ADM to Eclipsa conversion in the browser, podcasts, albums and client Proofs. Esfera opens for public beta on 31 August, by request.Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncementhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/eclipsa-audio-on-youtube/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/eclipsa-audio-on-youtube/Orbit Pro's Eclipsa Audio™ (IAMF) exports are now verified end-to-end on YouTube. One upload, and YouTube builds the whole family — Eclipsa, 5.1, and stereo — from your immersive master.Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncementhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-pro-1-5-independent-review/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-pro-1-5-independent-review/Professor Michael G Wagner's third independent Orbit video covers the Orbit Pro 1.5 beta — a cleaner interface, a real video timeline, and a far simpler export. Unsponsored, bought at full price, and honest about what still needs work.Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTCommunityhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-3-beta/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-3-beta/The 1.5.3 beta brings a brand-new Export Audio window (⇧⌘B): binaural for everyone, speaker layouts up to 7.1.4, WAV/MOV/MP4 output, loudness normalisation with a true-peak limiter, and range export. Export a clean 7.1.4 or 5.1 WAV and macOS plays it back in Apple Spatial Audio. Plus an IAMF compatibility stereo track so your files open everywhere.Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/markers-in-orbit-pro/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/markers-in-orbit-pro/Object-linked markers, timeline navigation, and CSV and PDF exports — how Orbit Pro's marker system keeps an 80-channel immersive mix organised and puts your QC notes exactly where they belong.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeaturehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-1-2-0/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-1-2-0/Orbit Lite 1.2.0 plays IAMF and Eclipsa with video-to-picture sync, switches mix presentations and EBU programmes, and outputs binaural, up to 24-channel and Apple Spatial Audio — all from one load-it-and-listen app. A free update, macOS.Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-2/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-2/Meet OSLS, the Orbit Speaker Layout System: a fully customisable, open-source speaker output system that drives any layout up to 64 channels. Plus per-speaker solo, mute and custom groups, a loudness section rebuilt and powered by Cota, and performance improvements across the board.Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-1-beta/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-1-beta/The 1.5.1 beta is out now with a completely rebuilt QC PDF report — proper A4 pagination, an album cover and contents page, per-track or whole-album export and a live preview — plus optional privacy-first usage data and smoother session handling.Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-and-orbit-pro-1-5/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-1-5-and-orbit-pro-1-5/The biggest Orbit release yet: a full timeline, a real-time Object Activity window, a built-in video editor, and quite possibly the world's most advanced IAMF export. Out now.Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncementhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/early-access-extended-june-2026/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/early-access-extended-june-2026/The Orbit Pro Early Access period is extended to 26 June 2026. More time to try Pro free, lock in the 15% discount, and for us to ship refinements to sessions, head tracking, waveforms, IAMF export, and output formats.Mon, 25 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncementhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-v1-4-2/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-v1-4-2/The biggest spec-compliance release Orbit has shipped. Programme switching that mutes the right channels. A dub-track language picker. Multi-bed-group support. An upgraded sidebar for EBU ADMs. Plus every fix from the v1.4.1 Beta — large masters, deep-zoom waveforms, and a single-scanner peak pipeline.Fri, 22 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-pro-beta-1-4-0-and-esfera-alpha/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-pro-beta-1-4-0-and-esfera-alpha/A fresh Pro beta with real improvements to our IAMF exporter, plus the public alpha of Esfera — our browser-based spatial audio platform.Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/headphone-eq-coming-to-orbit-1-4/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/headphone-eq-coming-to-orbit-1-4/Orbit 1.4 adds a Headphone EQ panel — AutoEq-derived compensation curves for popular headphones plus a five-band tone control, all running inside Orbit's own signal chain.Wed, 22 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/sign-in-with-google-or-apple/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/sign-in-with-google-or-apple/You can now sign in to your Orbit account with Google or Apple. Fewer passwords, same account, nothing else changes.Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/ambisonics-in-adm-coming-to-orbit-1-4/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/ambisonics-in-adm-coming-to-orbit-1-4/Orbit 1.4 adds Ambisonics support to ADM BWF files. FOA, 2OA, and 3OA sound fields decode alongside your objects and beds, with full scene visualisation and the metadata you need to trust the delivery.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/introducing-user-spotlights/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/introducing-user-spotlights/We're launching User Spotlights on the Orbit website — short profiles of the people using Orbit and Orbit Lite in their spatial audio work. Submit your workflow and get featured.Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTCommunityhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-light-mode/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-light-mode/Orbit Lite now ships with a full light UI mode — reworked for readability in bright environments. Switch between dark and light in preferences.Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-v1-3-1-and-lite-v1-0-2/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-v1-3-1-and-lite-v1-0-2/Orbit 1.3.1 adds 5.1 re-render loudness, per-component metering, LRA, height channel weight toggle, LBAP panning, and a new PDF export dialogue. Orbit Lite 1.0.2 adds LBAP as the default panner.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/vbap-vs-lbap-panning-explained/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/vbap-vs-lbap-panning-explained/An interactive visualisation comparing Vector Base Amplitude Panning (VBAP) and Layer-Based Amplitude Panning (LBAP) in a 7.1.4 speaker layout. Explore how each algorithm distributes audio to speakers.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTTechnicalhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/introducing-orbit-pro-eclipsa-iamf/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/introducing-orbit-pro-eclipsa-iamf/Orbit Pro brings ADM BWF to Eclipsa Audio IAMF export with Opus, FLAC, and LPCM codec support, intelligent object-to-channel fold-down, full 3D scene visualisation, and professional QC tools — all in one application.Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncementhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-available-now/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-available-now/Orbit Lite — a lightweight ADM player for macOS. Load ADM BWF files, view waveforms, and play back in 7.1.4, Binaural, Apple Spatial Audio, or Stereo. £29, no complexity.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-v1-3-0/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-v1-3-0/Apple Spatial Audio with head tracking and personalised profiles, four built-in HRTFs including Orbit Studio and Orbit Reference, a custom streaming ADM parser with up to 80% lower memory usage, redesigned meters, and binaural monitoring tools.Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-and-v1-2-1/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-lite-and-v1-2-1/Announcing Orbit Lite — streamlined ADM playback at £29 — alongside Orbit 1.2.1 with binaural WAV export, improved PDF waveforms, stability fixes, and in-app updates.Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-v1-2-0/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/orbit-v1-2-0/Loudness metering overhauled for QC accuracy, validated against ffmpeg within 0.05 dB. Plus PDF loudness reports, faster file loading, output routing presets, and more.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTReleasehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/how-orbit-renders-adm-audio/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/how-orbit-renders-adm-audio/A high-level overview of the signal path from ADM file to the listener's ears.Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMTEngineeringhttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/refreshed-ui-beta-feedback/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/refreshed-ui-beta-feedback/Orbit's polished new interface is the result of invaluable feedback from our alpha and beta testers. Here's what's changed.Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTUpdatehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/sofa-hrtf-integration/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/sofa-hrtf-integration/Import your own head-related transfer functions with SOFA file support, featuring a 1,944-point HRTF grid for accurate binaural rendering at any speaker position.Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeaturehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/advanced-pdf-export/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/advanced-pdf-export/Generate comprehensive PDF reports with waveform visualizations, position graphs, and detailed object timelines from your ADM BWF files.Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTFeaturehttps://orbitspatial.io/blog/welcome-to-orbit/https://orbitspatial.io/blog/welcome-to-orbit/Introducing Orbit - a standalone solution for listening to and visualising ADM BWF files.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnnouncement